l8 THE FORAGE AND FIBER CROPS IN AMERICA 



Table Showing Weight per Bushel of Grass Seed in Pounds 



Name of grass 



Extreme 



weights per 



bushel 



Legal weight 



per 

 bushel 



Barnyard millet, Japanese 



Bermuda 



Blue joint 



Broom corn millet 



Canada blue . 



Creeping bent 

 Crested dog's tail . 

 Fowl meadow 

 Italian rye 

 Johnson 



Kentucky blue 

 Meadow fescue 

 Meadow foxtail 

 Millets 1 

 Orchard 



Perennial rye 



Redtop .... 



Reed canary . 



Rhode Island bent 



Rough stalked meadow . 



Sheep's fescue 

 Smooth brome 

 Sweet vernal 

 Tall meadow fescue 

 Tall meadow oat . 



Timothy 

 Velvet 



35 

 36 

 14 

 60 



14 20 



15 20 

 26 30 

 12 15 



17 24 



28 



13.2528 

 12 28 

 5.2514 

 50 

 11.5 21 



18 30 

 12 40 

 14 48 

 15 



11 28 



14 



15 

 25 

 14 



50 

 7 



35 



14 



SO 2 

 14 



14 s 



14 



45 * 

 7 



1 Common, Hungarian, German, Golden Wonder. 



2 Reported for "millet" in a number of states; 48 Ib. in Minnesota. 



3 12 in Virginia. 



4 48 in Canada, 42 in Oklahoma, 60 in Arkansas. 



